Numbers 18

1 And the LORD said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Wo, wo mmabarima ne wʼabusuafo a wofi Lewi abusuakuw mu no, mfomso biara a ɛfa kronkronbea hɔ no ho asodi bɛda mo so. Na sɛ biribi ankɔ so yiye wɔ asɔfodwuma no mu a, wobebisa wo ne wo mmabarima ho asɛm.

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined to thee, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.

Fa wo nkurɔfo a wɔwɔ Lewi abusuakuw no mu na wɔmmoa wo mmabarima no wɔ dwuma kronkron a wodi no Ahyiae Ntamadan no anim no ho.

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

Ɛsɛ sɛ Lewifo no hwɛ yiye na wɔammɛn biribiara a ɛyɛ kronkron wɔ afɔremuka no so. Sɛ wɔyɛ saa a, wo ne wɔn bewuwu.

4 And they shall be joined to thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh to you.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka mo ho na mohwɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ; ɛhɔ nnwuma nyinaa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ onipa foforo biara bɛn beae a wowɔ no.

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

“Wo na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwɛ kronkronbea hɔ ne afɔremuka no so, na mʼabufuwhyew amma Israelfo no so bio.

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Mʼankasa na mapaw wo nkurɔfo Lewifo afi Israelfo mu sɛ akyɛde ama wo, atew wɔ ho ama Awurade sɛ wɔnyɛ adwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu.

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [to you as] a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Nanso wo ne wo mmabarima nkutoo na na mubedi dwuma sɛ asɔfo wɔ nea ɛfa afɔremuka ne nea ɛwɔ ntwamtam no mu no ho. Mede asɔfodwuma ɔsom rema mo sɛ akyɛde. Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum onipa foforo biara a ɔbɛbɛn kronkronbea hɔ no.”

8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

Awurade san ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se: “Mʼankasa na mede akyɛde a nkurɔfo de abrɛ Awurade no ahyɛ wo nsa; afɔrebɔde a Israelfo no de ma me no nyinaa no mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima sɛ mo kyɛfa; ɛyɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ.

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Aduan afɔrebɔ, bɔne afɔrebɔ ne afɔbu afɔrebɔ nyinaa mowɔ mu kyɛfa. Eyinom nyinaa yɛ afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara.

10 In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to thee.

Munni no sɛ ade a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara; ɔbarima biara nni bi. Mummu no sɛ ade kronkron.

11 And this [is] thine; the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

“Eyi nso yɛ mo de: nea wobeyi agu nkyɛn afi Israelfo ohim afɔrebɔde mu no. Mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea nyinaa sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given to thee.

“Aba a edi kan mu akyɛde a nnipa no de bɛba sɛ afɔrebɔde a wɔde rebrɛ Awurade no a ɛyɛ ngo pa, bobesa pa, aburow ne nnɔbae biara no, mede ma mo.

13 [And] whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat [of] it.

Asase no so aba a edi kan a wɔde bɛbrɛ Awurade no bɛyɛ mo de. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

“Biribiara a ɛwɔ Israel a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo de.

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, [whether] of men or beast, shall be thine: nevertheless, the first born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Israelfo abakan ne wɔn mmoa nyinaa abakan a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo dea. Nanso mmoa a memmaa mo kwan sɛ wɔnwe wɔn nam no de, munnnye wɔn abakan. Na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wotua sika kakra de si abakan biara anan.

16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thy estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.

Sɛ abakan no di ɔsram a, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde ogye bo a ɛyɛ dwetɛ nkaribo gram aduonum asia sɛnea kronkronbea hɔ nkaribo a ɛyɛ gram dubaako ne nkyemu anum mu baako no te no ba.

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD.

“Nanso anantwi, nguan ne mmirekyi mmakan de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wogye wɔn; wɔyɛ kronkron. Fa wɔn mogya pete afɔremuka no so na hyew wɔn srade no sɛ aduan afɔre, ehua a ɛsɔ Awurade ani.

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine

Saa mmoa yi nyinaa nam bɛyɛ mo de te sɛnea ohim afɔrebɔde koko ne ne srɛ nifa yɛ mo de no.

19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given to thee, and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to thee and to thy seed with thee.

Biribiara a Israelfo de bɛbrɛ Awurade a wobefi afɔrebɔ kronkron mu ayi ato hɔ no, mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Ɛyɛ ahyɛde a ɛda mo ne Awurade ne mo asefo ntam daa nyinaa.”

20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Morennya agyapade biara mfi wɔn asase mu, na morennya kyɛfa biara mfi wɔn mu; mene mo kyɛfa ne mo agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu.

21 And behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

“Mede Israel ntotoso du du no nyinaa ma Lewifo no sɛ wɔn agyapade de retua wɔ som a wɔsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu no so ka.

22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

Efi nnɛ rekɔ, Israelfo no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɛn Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu; anyɛ saa a, wobɛsoa wɔn bɔne ho asodi ama wɔawuwu.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [It shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Lewifo no nko ara na wɔbɛyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ, na wɔasoa mfomso biara a wɔbɛyɛ no ho asodi. Ɛyɛ mmara a ɛda hɔ afebɔɔ ma awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no. Wɔrennya agyapade biara wɔ Israelfo no mu.

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] a heave-offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Mmom, ntotoso du du a Israelfo no de ba sɛ Awurade afɔrebɔde no na mede rema Lewifo no. Ɛno nti na meka faa wɔn ho se: ‘Wɔrennya agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu no.’”

25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

26 Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.

“Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se, ‘Sɛ munya ntotoso du du a mede rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no fi Israelfo no nkyɛn a, momfa nkyɛmu du mu baako mmrɛ Awurade sɛ nʼafɔrebɔde.

27 And [this] your heave-offering shall be reckoned to you, as though [it were] the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the wine-press.

Na Awurade begye no sɛ mo afɔrebɔde a efi mo awiporowbea anaa nsa a efi mo nsakyi amoa mu.

28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering to the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give of them the LORD'S heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa de mo afɔrebɔ a efi ntotoso du du a mubenya afi Israelfo no nkyɛn no abrɛ Awurade. Mumfi ntotoso du du yi mu mfa Awurade kyɛfa no mma ɔsɔfo Aaron.

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the LORD, of all the best of it, [even] its hallowed part out of it.

Biribiara a wɔde bɛma mo no, momfa emu nea eye pa ara na ɛyɛ kronkron no mma Awurade.’

30 Therefore thou shalt say to them, When ye have heaved from it the best of it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.

“Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se: ‘Sɛ mode emu nea eye pa ara no ba a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ nea efi mo ankasa mo awiporowbea anaa mo nsakyibea hɔ.

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Mo ne mo fifo betumi adi nkae no wɔ baabiara a mopɛ, efisɛ ɛyɛ mo adwuma a moyɛ no wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu no so akatua.

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Sɛ mode emu nea ɛsɔ ani no ba a, munni eyi ho afɔbu; saayɛ remma mungu Israelfo no afɔrebɔ kronkron no ho fi, na morenwuwu.’”